> On Nov 27, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Wm <wm+...@tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:55:33 <5475dbd5.40...@gmail.com> David Carlson > <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > >> On 11/21/2014 11:08 AM, Wm wrote: >>> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 07:00:53 >>> <b783f0d7-8dbc-4926-8139-29352347f...@ceridwen.us> John Ralls >>> <jra...@ceridwen.us> >>> >>>> >>>>> On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:35 PM, Wm <wm+...@tarrcity.demon.co.uk> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:23:38 >>>>> <9a4e0683-21e6-4e34-ac60-90f5cd414...@ceridwen.us> John Ralls >>>> <jra...@ceridwen.us> >> >>>>> Your concerns are valid, but the Windows problems aren’t with >>>>> GnuCash code. The short version is that we broke the Windows build >>>>> system and can’t at the moment create a working Windows GnuCash to >>>>> distribute, regardless of the GnuCash version. >>>> >>>> ... and 2.6.4-2 isn't broken for everyone, it is in alternate daily >>>> use here on WinXP SP3. e.g. I might use 2.6.3 Portable for a >>>> report I've already set up and 2.6.4-2 if I'm trying out a new one. >>>> Because of the way PortableApps store settings the two versions >>>> happily co-exist and use the same data, though not at the same time, >>>> obviously. >>>> >>> >>> You might prefer the latest maint build from >>> http://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/ to 2.6.4-2. The maint >>> build won't crash on quit. It's problem is that it displays only text >>> reports, no graphs. >> >> >> 2.6.4-2 git rev 79bdcf1+ on 2014-10-11 >> >> doesn't crash on quit *and* produces graphs just fine for me so the >> maint build would appear to be retrograde >> > > While my total test time with > http://code.gnucash.org/builds/win32/maint/gnucash-2.6.4-2014-11-17-git-e > 59c3e0+-setup.exe > is still measured in minutes on Win 7, I have not seen it crash, and I > have exported reports in HTML and opened them with Firefox, Chrome and > IE, although I had to let IE use Active-X, or whatever it said, and the > graphs appeared to display correctly. I did not try stacked bars, which > may be a separate issue. I would encourage other brave Windows users to > test that release or one of the two more recent releases on their own > test files. > > Stacked bar graphs are fine here. > > I'm wondering if the "don't use 2.6.4 on Win" message is broader than > necessary ? > > This is all very unfortunate, of course; the moment gnc gets mentioned as > POTM is also the moment we're fuzzy about it working on some platforms. > Anyway ... > > Wm reports 2.6.4-2 WinXP SP3 works including stacked bars and exits cleanly > > perhaps someone (I can do some triage today if pointed to the right place) > should examine the "it didn't work for me" reports more carefully because it > can't be a Win issue per se because if it was my situation would be > impossible.
Wm, It could well be that GnuCash 2.6.4-2 doesn't exhibit the hang-on-exit problem on WinXP. I don't remember if I've tested that. It does hang reliably on Win7 and 8. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
